Original Charater Interview
by artisanrox
CHAPTER 8. BOXES.
By now, Akiko was sure she had gotten in over her head with this. She had to admit to herself that the disarming, albeit frighteningcharm posessed by the young leader had prevented her from any clear thinking. She sighed. Even though Bankotsu and the other men who were in the building seemed to be a little creepy, she knew she was such a sucker for a pretty face! She knew this was all his fault.
And that weapon mounted on the wall! She still couldn't believe he was the one to wield it. It piqued her curiosity as to what was under that armor he wore.
But no! This was not the time to be mentally undressing handsome, charming, yet dangerous young men. She had a shopping spree out there somewhere with her name on it, and she'd get this job so she could earn the funds to take it, darnit!
She started to desperately scurry around the room, searching for anything, anything, that could be used to challenge Bankotsu. She began to open drawers, turn things over, and examine things along the walls in an effort to find something suitable. Quickly, the weapons room became a complete shambles from her searching, and the more the junk in the center of the room piled up, the more worried and flustered she grew.
She moved a big pile of boxes, opening up the lids and examining the contents, and the furrow in her brow became deeper and deeper, and in no time her lips were pursed tightly, too. She made an angry grunting noise when she realized searching throught he boxes was fruitless, also. Some of the boxes were full of light throwing weapons, and others contained hooks attached to wires, that were still no help to her.
Getting more and more hopeless, Akiko was a heartbeat away from tearing up, sobbing, and humiliatedly leaving the building. However, she feared leaving the handsome, puzzling young man behind, and going home. Most of all, she loathed the thought of not being able to go on that damned shopping spree.
That's when she noticed the glint of light coming off the strangely familiar-looking box in the corner. Had she not moved the other things from out in front of it, she'd have never knownanything was underneath all the containers there.
She stepped over all the things that littered the floor and knelt in front of it. Most of it was a dull black, but a shiny, smooth surface in the front reflected her face as she examined it. She looked down, and she saw yet another smaller, thinner grey box below it. There were a few thick cables, like the ones in some of the other containers, coming out of this small grey box, but where the others were metallic, there were softer and more pliable.
Yes! She knew exactly what this was! She slapped her palms together high in the air, bent her head down, and almost wept in thanksgiving. Her deity had provided the most unbelieveable miracle, just like the ones used so often in cheesy fanfictions like this...she had an anachronism! She could actually work with something in here now!
She had uncovered a TV! And a Playstation!
She searched around more, figuring that there were only seven guys who resided here...and they all were bound to have different tastes. They had to have some sort of selection of games!
Looking around, she found one last little wooden box in the corner nearest the system. She looked inside, and rolled her eyes as she saw some porn magazines lying on top. But seeing the box was full, she flung the magazines out, and below that, found miniature jug-like containers. She unstopped the corks to sniff the contents. She was very sorry she did that as she crinkled her nose in disgust. She put the miniature jugs on the floor next to her.
Phew...that's some bad sake! she thought, waving her hand in front of her nose, trying to make the smell dissipate.
Finally, she found some games. Not even halfway through the box, she dug deeper, and realized the whole thing was layers of porn magazines, sake samples, and games. It was time to get the ball rolling, and find something useful in here.
Hey, there's another one of those whatchama-idiom-callit thingers again! she thought, smiling. At least she learned a new vocabulary word today!
Her smile disappeared as she worried again. What if she couldn't find a game she was any good at?
Quickly, she looked through the game titles. There were a couple complicated adventure games, which would suit a sharp, forward-looking mind. Then there were a few variations of what Akiko knew was called "pinball", which would suit people who wanted to brainlessly sit in front of a game and mash their thumbs all day.
Holding another game up in front of her face, she raised an eyebrow. And...hey...wasn't this one recalled for having that racey gay scene? Akiko looked around under the TV for the system that should have been present so the game could be played. Whoa, she thought. Someone must have been really desperate to have this game to buy it and not even have the system to play it on yet! It puzzled Akiko.
Nevermind. She searched through them more, and then clapped her palms above her head again. She breathed a long sigh of relief, as she finally found a title that could be slightly useful to her. An old title, but a very entertaining one nonetheless. She put it on top of the small grey box on the floor and headed to the door to tell Bankotsu she was ready for him.